Surgical bandage.



No. 745,028. PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903.

J. K. TOLES.

SURGICAL BANDAGE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30, 1901.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 24, 1909;.

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JUSTIN KAY TOLES OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO BAUER 85 BLACK, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SURGICAL BAN DAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 745,028, datedNovember 24, 1903.

Application filed December 30,1901. Serial No. 87.676. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JUSTIN KAY TOLES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Surgical Bandages, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to surgical bandages and the like; and its objectis to provide a bandage which shall have finished non-raveling edges.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bandage the edges ofwhich shall be longer than its body part or which willreadily stretchwith the body to avoid drawing and wrinkling when being applied.

The roll bandages now in themarket are rolled one at a time from largerolls of previously and roughly cut material. When a roll has beencompleted, its ends are picked or combed to draw or remove the loose andragged-edge threads. If these are not removed to the number of two tosix threads at each edge of the bandage, the bandage is unsightly andunsalable, and, furthermore, the loose threads are a frequent source ofannoyance when the bandage is nnrolled and applied. As stated, alwaystwo and often as many as six threads are in this way lost and wasted ateach edge of the bandage, and at best the edges are ragged and unsightlyin appearance.

A special object, therefore, of my invention is to provide a surgicalbandage which may be manufactured at low cost without waste of materialand which shall have clean finished edges which, though firm, willnevertheless readily yield with the other parts of the bandage to admitof its quick, smooth, and even application in the hands of a surgeon.

To this end my invention consists in a bandage or the like having itsedge threads cemented or made to cohere by pressure or by adhesivematerial, or both, to prevent the raveling of the edges; and myinventionconsists particularly in a bandage or the like having crushed expandededges slightly longer than the intermediate part of the bandage andsuitably cemented to prevent ravelmg.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a roll bandage embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a piece of the bandage, the cemented edges beingshown by the heavier edge lines. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-section ofmy bandage, showing the clean-cut edge cemented by an adhesive; and Fig.4 is a similar view showing the edge as it appears when crushed orcemented by pressure and adhesive material.

Bandages are usually made from light unsized cloth, like cheese-cloth,being loose in texture, and when a bandage is cut from a large piece ofcloth its edges are raw or rough and ravel easily unless precautions aretaken to prevent raveling. To this end the edge threads 3 3 of thebandage 2 are cemented together or to the ends of the cross-threads, asindicated in the drawings. The cementing or securing of the edge threadsto prevent the raveling thereof is accomplished either by theapplication of a light aseptic adhesive, as indicated at 4 in Fig. 3, oreach edge of the bandage may be crushed, as indicated by 5 in Fig. 4,the pressure serving to cohere or cement the edge, sticking the threadsfirmly together.

In addition to crushing the edges of the bandage or like article theedges may be additionally secured by adhesive material. The crushing ofthe edge of the bandage has the advantage of lengthening it, so that in.applying the bandage the edges will stretch evenly with the middle orbody portion of the bandage, with the result that it will lie flat whenapplied. In practice the cement that is employed dries quickly, and theedges of the bandage do not stick together when it is formed into aroll. Any suitable means may be employed for cementing the edge threadsof the bandage or like article, and I therefore do not confinemyinvention to cementing by pressure or adhesive material, but claim,broadly, a bandage or the like out from a larger piece of cloth andhaving non-raveling raw edges.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latentg 1. Asurgicalbandagehavingits edges made to cohere by the combined process ofcrushing and cementing at one operation.

2. A surgical bandage consisting of unstarched material having crushednon-raveling edges.

3. A surgical bandage crushed and cemented at the edges thereof againstraveling.

4. A surgical bandage having only its 1ongitudinal edge fiberssubdivided, intermingled and cemented against raveling.

5. A surgical bandage having its edges flattened, cemented and coheringagainst ravel ing.

6. A surgical bandage having its longitudinal edge fibers minutelysubdivided, pressed together and cemented and cohering against raveling.

7. A surgical bandage having side edges longerthan the body part of thebandage.

S. A surgical bandage having side edges longer than the body part of thebandage and cemented against raveling.

9. A surgical bandage havingside edges longer than the body part of thebandage and crushed against raveling.

10. A surgical bandage having side edges longer than the body part ofthe bandage and crushed, With the edge fibers cohered with adhesivematerial.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signe my name, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 18th day of December, 1901.

JUSTIN KAY TOLES.

